Manifolding-sales book.



E. K. BOTTLE.

MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED APR.14, 1911.

1,007,844, Patented Nov. 7, 1911 I I l I I I l l l Figli- Tags- INVENTO? l 2 Anon/vers CDLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH ca.,w^SNlNUTON. n. C.

WTNESSES 2 SHEIBTS-SHBET L E. K. BOTTLE.

MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14, 1911.

1,007,844, Patented Nov. '7, 191-1.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Anon/VHS lUNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD KIRBY BOTTLE, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE CARTER- CRUIVIE COMPANY, LIMITED, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEVI YORK, A CORPORATION OF CANADA.

MANIEOLDING SALES-BOOK.

T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD KIRBY Bor- TLn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Niagara Falls, in the county of Niagara and State of New York, have invented cer-l tain new and useful Improvements in Manifolding Sales-Books, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to memorandum books, counter sales books, etc., and more especially to books of that character involving manifolding structural arrangements for the use of salesmen, etc.

Une of the objects of the invent-ion is the production of a relatively small and light manifolding book or tablet of a practical character, in which three copies may be made at one time.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a book of the character referred to in which the manifolding elements are of such practical construction and so conveniently arranged as to result in a book which may be made rapidly and at a comparatively small cost, and which may be readily employed in the manner intended.

Another object of the invention is the production of an e'liicient book of the character indicated, involving a pile of leaves secured inafter set forth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

ln the accompanying drawings wherein are shown several possible embodiments of this invention, Figure l is a top plan of one embodiment thereof; Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the extension folded; Fig. i is a top plan of a modified embodiment o-f the invention; Fig. 5 is a side View of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led April 14, 1911.

Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

Serial No. 621,166.

form shown in Fig. t; Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5, showing the extension folded; Figs. 7 and 8 represent side views of still another embodiment, the latter showing the extension folded; Fig. 9 is a plan view indicating a pile of leaves similar to that shown in Fig. l, associatedv with the protecting pver; Fig. l0 represents a section through iig. 9.

Referring to the construction illustrated in Figs. l, 2 and 3, 1.indicates a pile of leaves of a material such as paper, suitable for receiving impressions, as writing by means of a pen, pencil or other instrument, and capable of transferring such impressions in connection with suitable transfer material. Vhile the'invention, viewed in some aspects, contemplates a pile of unfolded flat leaves, as will be clear from the following description, each leaf of the pile preferably comprises a doubled or folded portion 2, one of the plies of which is long-er than the other, forming an extended, preferably flat portion 3 adapted to be turned down upon the folded portion 2. The leaves of the pile are secured together at an intermediate portion 4 thereof, preferably at a point between the doubled portion 2 and the extended portion 3, and the leaves project in opposite directions from the secured or stub portion of the pile, the end portions of the leaves being free.

Any suitable fastening means may be employed for securing the leaves together and forming the stub portion, the preferable construction, however, comprising staples 5 passing through the leaves. A back or support 6 of preferably flexible, comparatively stiff material may be secured to the bottom side of the pile by means of said fastening means, which backing tends to securely hold the staple in the pile, and at the same time serves as a tongue, by means of which the pile may be secured or temporarily attached to a cover, as will hereinafter appear. The upper plv of the folded portion 2 of each leaf lies directly over a portion of the lower ply thereof, at one side of the stub portion, while the projecting portion of one of the plies extends from the other side of the stub portion. The latter is adapted to be folded down upon the upper plv of the doubled portion of the leaf, and in order that the several folds may be readily made so as to superpose the several plies in an efficient and accurate manner, each leaf of the pile is preferably divided into sections by three lines of perforations 7, 8 and 9, between two of which, as 7 and 8, the stub portion of the pile is located, the folded portion 2 of each leaf resulting from the fold of the leaf at the perforated portion 9. The stub portion is embodied in the middle section, so that each leaf is, in effect, divided into three sections by the lin-es of perforations. The lines of perforations 7, 8 and 9 also afford means whereby the several sections of each leaf may be accurately divided or severed from the pile, as will be apparent.

In using the book in making out a bill or memorandum, the extended portion 3 is folded at the line of perforation 7 onto the doubled portion 2, as shown in Fig. 3, and an address or other indication is written upon the outer side of said leaf with the view to transferring said writing to each ply of the folded portion of the leaf. In order that this duplication may be accomplished, transfer material is interposed between the folded portions of the leaf above referred to, in this embodiment by means of a single separate carbon .sheet or leaf 10 lying upon the pile of leaves between the plies of the folded portion of the upper leaf and upon so much of the extended portion 3 of the upper leaf as is to be written upon the transfer leaf being thus coextensive with the face of the pile. In this embodiment the transfer material is a carbon leaf of a size suiiicient to cover the lower ply of the folded leaf, and each side or face of which is carbonized so that when placed on the pile in the manner above described and folded with the extension 3, any writing thereafter impressed upon the extended portion will be transferred or duplicated upon the upper ply of the folded portion l by means of the carbon upon one side or face of the transfer leaf, a similar duplication being eected upon the other ply of the doubled portion of the leaf by means of the carbon upon the opposite face of the transfer leaf.

It will be noted that by the provision of a pile of leaves in which each leaf comprises a doubled portion having an extended ply adapted to be folded down upon the doubled portion, an efficient but relatively short or small book is provided, capable of making, in connection with the transfer material described, three copies of whatever may be impressed upon the extended ply, as above described. It will be further noted that by the provision of a transfer leaf in which both sides are carbonized, or a double faced transfer leaf, a single sheet thereof serves to transfer two impressions directly, thus avoiding the use of a multiplicity of sheets of transfer material and simplifying the construction of such books. The transfer sheet is preferably secured on t-he pile in the relationship explained by the same means which secures the pile of leaves t0- gether, namely, the staples 5, said transfer leaf extending across the stub portion of the pile to receive said fasteners.

In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 4 it 'will be noted that the pile comprises leaves having a folded portion 2, and an extended portion 3, comprising three sections separated by lines or perforations with a stub portion between two of said sections, the leaves being secured together at the stub portions, all as previously described in connection with the embodiment illustrated in Figs. l, 2 and 3. In this embodiment, however, the extended portion 3 of each leaf is provided upon one face or side with the carbon material, which latter is embodied in and forms one face of the extended portion. Then the extended portion is folded over onto the previously folded portions of the pile, the carbon face thereof operates to transfer writing or other impressions ou the oppositely disposed face of said extended portion to the fold against which the carbon face rests. Transfer between the previously folded portions of the leaves is attained preferably by a separate transfer leaf 11 carbonized on one face only, in this instance its bottom face, the leaf 11, being secured to the stub portion of the pile and properly disposed between the folds thereof.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figs. 7 and S, the relative size of the book is preserved by means of the folded leaves 2 having the extension 3, in the manner explained in connect-ion with the construction shown in the other embodiments, but in this form, instead of asingle transfer leaf carbonized upon opposite sides, two leaves 12 and 13 are employed, carbonized upon one side only, said leaves being secured to the stub portion of the pile by the fasteners hereinbefore referred to. A cover consisting of relatively stiff material receives the tablet above described, said cover preferably embodyingcardboard, strawboard, or relatively stiff leather, for the front 14 and the back 15 and an intermediate iexible portion 16 where the cover may be bent or folded to inclose the tablet. The inside back of the cover has attaching means for the pile, preferably a pocket or opening 17, dis-posed to one side of the fiexible portion of the cover intermediate its ends for the reception of the tongue or backing 6 of the pile of leaves whereby said pile is removably retained in the cover at its stub portion. In this form of tablet wherein the leaves comprise unfolded portions it is important to maintain the surfaces of the leaves smooth and free from wrinkles and other irregularities which might interfere with efficient marking and also with the alinement of different portions when folded to be written upon. The part of the pile formed by the portions 3 of the leaves rests on the back 15, being supported thereby in fiat condition, while the loose, free ends of the leaves are protected by that portion of the cover inclosing them when the cover is folded, the loose free ends thus lying in a smooth pile not apt to be mussed or unintentionally bent. It will be understood that while the modification shown in Fig. 1 is, in Figs. 9 and 10, illustrated with the cover, either modification may be and is intended to be so associated. When bills or memoranda are not being prepared-the book may be carried in the'pocket and, it will be noted, is well adapted therefor by reason of its comparatively short extent and its fiat configuration. When the book shown in Figs. l and 4 is to be used in making out a bill or other memorandum, the extension 3 and that part of the transfer material lying upon the same, are folded upon the line of perforation 7 over upon the folded leaves 2, whereupon any writing upon vthe then upper surface of the extension will be transferred or duplicated upon the several plies of the portion 2, as will be obvious.

rlhe embodiment shown in Figs. 7 and 8 is equally well adapted for storage in the pocket, as explained, and the manner of its use in making memoranda is similar to the other embodiment, but in this instance thev carbon material which transfers from the extension to the upper ply of the portion 2 of the leaf is normally in position to make such transfer.

1t will be apparent from the above description that the extended portion 3 may be of the same extent as a ply of the folded portion 2, though, in each of the described embodiments, this portion is preferably of less extent, and the transfer leaf commensurate therewith. It is also to be noted that while in the several embodiments illustrated the boo-k is composed of leaves formed of integral material and divided into sections, the invent-ion viewed in some aspects contemplates the formation of the leaves of separate sections suitably connected together in piles to operate in the manner heretofore explained.

Preferably in all the embodiments, the normally folded sections of the leaf are provided with ruling to facilitate preparation of a bill or other document, and above the ruling with such other indications as may be desired, including the address. The extended portion of each leaf may be a duplicate of the folded portions, but preferably is shorter, having to accommodate only the address, and when folded lies only on the address portion of the normally folded sections. In using the book, the extended portion of the upper leaf is folded onto the already folded portion, the carbon material being arranged between said extension and the upper section of the folded portion and between the two normally folded portions. The inscription having been impressed upon the upper fold, is transmitted to the sections beneath the carbon. The folded portion is then severed or torn from the stub and comprises duplicate bills, etc., which maybe torn apart to serve as a cashiers and a customers check. The extended portion may also be torn from the stub and serve as the wrappers check.

It will now be clear that by means of the above described construction is provided a device of the character described, well adapted to accomplish, among other things, the objects hereinbefore noted.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. It is also to be understood that the language used in t-he following claims is intended to cover all of the generic -and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention, which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. The combination of a pile of folded leaves, one ply of each leaf having a flat extended portion and adapted to receive impressions, a stub portion intermediate the extended and folded portions, and a single leaf of double transfer material lying on the extended portion and a ply of the folded portion.

2. The combination of a pile of leaves, each leaf divided into sections adapted to be superposed to form a series of three sections and comprising a stub portion intermediate two of the sections, and a single transfer leaf coextensive with the pile and secured to the stub portion and adapted to transfer impressions from one section to the similarly disposed faces of the others.

3. The combination of a pile of leaves, a double faced transfer leaf lying upon the pile and coextensive therewith, and means providing a stub portion for the pile intermediate its ends and securing the leaves together.

4l. The combination of a pile of leaves, each divided into three sections with a stubportion between two of the sections, fastenerssecuring the stubs t-ogether, the opposite ends of said leaves being free, and a leaf of double faced transfer material secured to the pile, coeXtensive therewith and lying upon two sections of the pile.

5. The combination of a pile of at leaves, each divided into three sections by lines of perforations and adapted to be folded over each other and comprising a stub portion between two of the sections, and a single leaf of double faced transfer material secured to the pile and lying upon a plurality of said sections across the stub portion.

6. The combination of a pile of folded leaves having extended portions adapted to receive impressions, a stub portion intermediate the extended and folded portions, and a single leaf of double faced transfer material lying on the extended portion and a ply of the folded portion.

7 In combination, a pile of leaves having free end portions adapted to be folded, a transfer leaf lying upon and secured thereto, and a cover of relatively stiff material I attached to the pile and adapted to infold tions adapted to be folded, a transfer leaf lying upon the pile, means securing the leaves together from side to side intermediate their ends, and a cover of relatively stili' material attached to the pile and adapted to infold the free end portions.

10. In combination, a back, a series of folded leaves, fastening means securing the leaves together and to the back, a series of fiat leaves secured to the back intermediate their ends and adapted to be super-posed on the folded leaves, and transfer material adapted to be interposed between and in contact with the folds of the outer folded lea and between the flat leaf and a folded lea ll. The combination of a pile of leaves, each leaf divided into three sections adapted to be superposed to form a series of three sections, and a single transfer leaf secured to the pile coeXtensive with two sections of the pile and adapted to transfer impressions from one section to the similarly disposed faces of the others.

l2. In combination, a pile of leaves having an intermediate stub portion at which the leaves are secured together and a free end portion, transfer material lying upon the pile and secured to the stub portion, and a foldable cover of relatively stiff material attached to the pile at the stub portion and adapted to fold over the edge of the unfolded pile.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

EDW'ARD KIRBY BOTTLE.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH CHARLES LANGLEY, A. L. GEUTI-INER.

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